Introduction to Counseling provides an overview of counseling and the helping professions from the perspective of art and science: the science of counseling that generates a knowledge base proven to promote competency and efficacy in the practitioner, and the art of using this knowledge base to build skills that can be applied sensitively to clients in a multicultural society. The Third Edition has been organized into three sections: An overview of counseling and the counseling process; developing a personal approach to counseling from a multicultural perspective; and special approaches and settings. The text stays true to its original focus by using the concept of art and science as a unifying theme. This new edition addresses topics of multicultural counseling and diversity issues such as gender, culture, and sexual orientation in each chapter, communicating how multiculturalism can be integrated into all aspects of counseling rather than viewed as a separate entity.
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“This is a great book. It covers all the relevant areas, is easy to read, has a good layout, and content includes good bibliography/reference listings. Special features, such as chapter overviews, and a section on special issues and diversity are excellent. The material is presented in a manner that students are able to conceptualize and integrate for practical application. I plan to switch to this text.”
—Jeannette Seaberry, University of Nebraska — Omaha
“I thoroughly enjoyed Nystul’s writing style: direct and clear.”
—David M. Kleist, Idaho State University
“I think nothing is better than Nystul’s inclusion of A Personal Note boxes throughout the text. So often, textbooks do not come to life and seem to be written by a machine rather than a human being. The eight stage model for developing a personal approach to counseling is tremendously useful.”
—Amy Ginsberg, Long Island University
“Nystul does a great job integrating multicultural issues into the content.” —Gregory Allinson, Beaufort County Community College
About the Author
Michael S. Nystul received his Ph.D in counseling from Oregon State University in 1974. He has worked as a professor for 30 years and is currently Professor Emeritus from New Mexico State University . Professor Nystul has over 100 publications including two textbooks. He has worked in numerous clinical settings and is currently a psychologist for the Deming, New Mexico School District.
--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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An Excellent Introductory Book to Counseling,
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This review is from: Introduction to Counseling: An Art and Science Perspective (Hardcover)
Nystul's "Introduction to Counseling: An Art and Science Perspective" is an excellent book for the beginning counselor either at the undergraduate level or the graduate level (we all start somewhere). I was assigned this book for my first Master's level class and it provided an excellent background into my chosen field. When I read the book, it cured a lot of questions that I had about counseling. I learned a lot of information that I either did not know or realize. Specifically, the book not only introduces the reader to counseling techniques, but also provides an overview of theoretical approaches, ethics and legal issues, assessment and diagnosis, and diversity issues. In addition, this book gives information on counseling approaches with various populations (i.e. child, group, family, school, career and mental health etc). Also, Nystul (1999) provided background information as well as practical techniques for each theory that he explained. Moreover, this book gives a superb rendition of various types of counselors and the description of duties that they perform. My favorite parts of the book are the "personal notes" where the author gives a story or example to go along with his discussion of a subject. The personal notes provide a great modality for the reader to look at a concept in a realistic or life-like manner. Most importantly, the book is organized extremely well and makes reading a lot easier than most textbooks; it utilizes pictures, diagrams, charts and etc. to get the point across in an effective and efficient manner. As a graduate student who utilized this book, I would highly recommend this book to professors, counselors and counseling students. Overall, it is an excellent source of background counseling information and for additional resources to aid in a person's development as a counselor. I almost forgot, the reason that I gave the book a 4 star rating and not a five is because general information about counseling can be quite dry reading material, it all depends on the individual reading it. Nonetheless, as mentioned previously, the author uses various techniques to help the reader absorb the necessary material (to become a counselor) in the most painless manner. Thus, the book gets my 4 stars.
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This review is from: Introduction to Counseling: An Art and Science Perspective (4th Edition) (Hardcover)
Good but not fully described. The class key to the book was not attached with the "New in package book", I was disappointed with the lack of clarity.
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This review is from: Introduction to Counseling: An Art and Science Perspective (4th Edition) (Hardcover)
I received the book but it turned out to be the exam copy. But they fixed the issue by providing some sort of credit.
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